Don't belong anywhere...

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Anyone else this way? That they can't really relate to anyone, or haven't found their niche in life?

Maybe it's more common than I think--I just don't get out enough to see all the discontent.

i dont belong anywhere either, or if i do i have not found the place yet. i certainly do not belong in the inner city where i live now, so claustrophobic, but i will escape one day

I use to. The last time I got fired, I put my feet up, gazed out the window, and asked myself, "Where does a weird intellectual like me fit in?" The Library came to mind.

Where are the weird intellectuals in your community?

Well, I'm not intellectual enough for the intellectuals, but too intellectual for the unintellectual...
I'm not empirical enough for the scientists, too illogical for the philosophers, yet too rational for the artists.
To some, I feel too much, and to others, not enough.

Everyone is like that. Nobody completely conforms to an identity, and if they do it's usually just a front or a self-made persona.

Sounds like you are forcing yourself to be alone. You don't have to be. There are surely one or two people in the world who make you sometimes feel as if you "belong." Just find them... or maybe someone you already know.

That is exactly how I feel.

One would think this horrible condition would have been filtered out of the gene pool by now. Alas, that is not the case. Perhaps these symptoms only crop up when the individual is placed in a situation where constant philosophical musings are liable to drive the person insane?

I certainly feel the same. It doesn't matter if I am with like-minded people or not, there always has to be something wrong.

Well, there's always this board.

Outside of that, nowhere.

I guess then, that only personas are acceptable to others, not people.

Not sure how I'm forcing myself to be alone. I've tried to fit in with all kinds of people, and the minute I drop the mask, they reject me. I can continue to play pretend, of course, and in that case, maybe I am forcing myself to be alone, because I would rather be than continue with this nonsense that isn't genuine.

Ha, I probably do not even belong on this board. According to the aspie-quiz, I'm only half aspie, lol.

Yes, for me too it makes no difference whatsoever if we have common interests or anything, I still don't connect with anybody. I think I've lost my capacity to connect with people (which was never much but at least existed)

I just go out and get lost. Trouble is i mwant to connect with people.

you do belong somewhere. you belong right where you stand.
and yes, you do move. but when you move, you still belong right where you stand or sit or lie or fly or swim or whatever

ive always been a bit odd,i just am at a stage now that i dont know what i want to do with my life so i have accepted i dont always fit in with the stereotypical norm,{who wants to} but have no idea what direction to go in at the moment, i suppose forward would be a good idea.